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Tetemeko la ardhi lenye kubwa wa 6.3 kipimo cha richa limetokea na kusababisha majengo katika mji mkuu, Manila kutikisika na hivyo watu kutolewa ndani ya majengo
Tetemeko hilo lililotokea umbali wa Kilometa 60 Kaskazini Magharibi mwa Manila likiwa na kina cha Kilometa 40, awali liliripotiwa kuwa na ukubwa wa 6.4 kipimo cha richa
Aidha, hadi sasa hakuna ripoti yoyote ya vifo iliyotolewa huku majengo kadhaa yakionekana kuweka nyufa
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A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake has rattled the Philippines, rattling buildings in Manila and sparking evacuations in the capital.
Buildings swayed in the main business district as the quake struck at 5.11pm local time (9.11am GMT) at a shallow depth of 25 miles, some 37 miles northwest of the city.
The U.S Geological Survey (USGS) initially said the magnitude was 6.4 but later downgraded it slightly.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. Some people evacuated their offices in Manila.
The Philippines is on the seismically active Pacific 'Ring of Fire', a horse-shoe shaped band of volcanoes and fault lines circling the edges of the Pacific Ocean.
WHAT IS EARTH'S 'RING OF FIRE'?
Earth's so-called 'Ring of Fire' is a horseshoe-shaped geological disaster zone that is a hot bed for tectonic and volcanic activity.
Roughly 90 per cent of the world's earthquakes occur in the belt, which is also home to more than 450 volcanoes.
The seismic region stretches along the Pacific Ocean coastlines, where the Pacific Plate grinds against other plates that form the Earth's crust.
It loops from New Zealand to Chile, passing through the coasts of Asia and the Americas on the way.
In total, the loop makes up a 25,000-mile (40,000-kilometre) -long zone prone to frequent earthquakes and eruptions.
The region is susceptible to disasters because it is home to a vast number of 'subduction zones', areas where tectonic plates overlap.
Earthquakes are triggered when these plates scrape or slide underneath one another, and when that happens at sea it can spawn tsunamis.
Tetemeko hilo lililotokea umbali wa Kilometa 60 Kaskazini Magharibi mwa Manila likiwa na kina cha Kilometa 40, awali liliripotiwa kuwa na ukubwa wa 6.4 kipimo cha richa
Aidha, hadi sasa hakuna ripoti yoyote ya vifo iliyotolewa huku majengo kadhaa yakionekana kuweka nyufa
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A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake has rattled the Philippines, rattling buildings in Manila and sparking evacuations in the capital.
Buildings swayed in the main business district as the quake struck at 5.11pm local time (9.11am GMT) at a shallow depth of 25 miles, some 37 miles northwest of the city.
The U.S Geological Survey (USGS) initially said the magnitude was 6.4 but later downgraded it slightly.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. Some people evacuated their offices in Manila.
The Philippines is on the seismically active Pacific 'Ring of Fire', a horse-shoe shaped band of volcanoes and fault lines circling the edges of the Pacific Ocean.
WHAT IS EARTH'S 'RING OF FIRE'?
Earth's so-called 'Ring of Fire' is a horseshoe-shaped geological disaster zone that is a hot bed for tectonic and volcanic activity.
Roughly 90 per cent of the world's earthquakes occur in the belt, which is also home to more than 450 volcanoes.
The seismic region stretches along the Pacific Ocean coastlines, where the Pacific Plate grinds against other plates that form the Earth's crust.
It loops from New Zealand to Chile, passing through the coasts of Asia and the Americas on the way.
In total, the loop makes up a 25,000-mile (40,000-kilometre) -long zone prone to frequent earthquakes and eruptions.
The region is susceptible to disasters because it is home to a vast number of 'subduction zones', areas where tectonic plates overlap.
Earthquakes are triggered when these plates scrape or slide underneath one another, and when that happens at sea it can spawn tsunamis.
